Re: New Paper - How I Build my Tesla Coils

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Nice writeup... I'd make one small change.. get rid of the term "1/4 wave
resonant frequency" .... It's the self resonant frequency of the secondary
inductor with the parasitic C of itself against a ground plane and
wavelength has nothing to do with it.

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Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 9:25 AM
Subject: New Paper - How I Build my Tesla Coils


 > Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
 >
 > Due to the multiple requests I get daily from my website regarding how to
 > design a tesla coil, i decided to quickly throw together a small document
 > with an extremely easy
 > step-by-step procedure describing the design process.  The procedure
assumes
 > the person already has a basic understanding of coils, and also doesn't go
 > much into theory, equations, etc...
 > Just a simple IDIOTS guide to design basically.
 >
 > Terry,
 > Perhaps you could archive this on your site under your design section
 >
 > http://www.spacecatlighting-dot-com/datasheets/coil_design01.pdf
 >
 > The Captain
 >
 >